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1949 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950

61-93, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Grimm (19-31) and Frankie Frisch (42-62)
Scored 593 runs, Allowed 773 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-95

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 1,143,139 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 97


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1948 / 1950 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Cliff Aberson 27 R R 6' 0" 200 Aug 28, 1921 3 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 -0.2
Dewey Adkins 31 R R 6' 2" 195 May 11, 1918 3 30 5 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Frank Baumholtz 30 L L 5' 10" 175 Oct 7, 1918 3 58 36 58 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 35 43 16 0 -0.9
Smoky Burgess 22 L R 5' 8" 185 Feb 6, 1927 1st 47 5 47 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0.1
Phil Cavarretta 32 L L 5' 11" 175 Jul 19, 1916 16 105 92 105 95 0 0 71 0 0 0 6 0 20 25 10 0 2.0
Bob Chipman 30 L L 6' 2" 190 Oct 11, 1918 9 38 11 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Mort Cooper 36 R R 6' 2" 210 Mar 2, 1913 11 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Jess Dobernic 31 R R 5' 10" 170 Nov 20, 1917 3 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Monk Dubiel 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 12, 1918 4 33 20 33 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.8
Hank Edwards 30 L L 6' 0" 190 Jan 29, 1919 7 58 47 58 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 39 51 7 0 0.8
Frankie Gustine 29 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 20, 1920 11 76 67 76 71 0 0 0 16 55 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.5
Warren Hacker 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 21, 1924 2 32 12 32 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.8
Ralph Hamner 32 R R 6' 3" 165 Sep 12, 1916 4 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Hal Jeffcoat 24 R R 5' 10" 185 Sep 6, 1924 2 108 89 108 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 69 30 101 7 3 -0.2
Jim Kirby 26 R R 5' 11" 175 May 5, 1923 1st 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.0
Emil Kush 32 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 4, 1916 6 26 0 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Doyle Lade 28 R R 5' 10" 183 Feb 17, 1921 4 36 13 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Dutch Leonard 40 R R 6' 0" 175 Mar 25, 1909 16 33 28 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7
Peanuts Lowrey 31 R R 5' 8" 170 Aug 27, 1917 7 38 25 38 32 0 0 0 0 1 0 28 3 1 31 5 2 0.0
Clarence Maddern 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 26, 1921 3 10 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.1
Gene Mauch 23 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 18, 1925 4 73 39 73 52 0 0 0 25 7 20 0 0 0 0 16 6 0.2
Cal McLish 23 B R 6' 0" 179 Dec 1, 1925 5 9 2 9 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.5
Bob Muncrief 33 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 28, 1916 11 34 3 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Rube Novotney 24 R R 6' 0" 187 Aug 5, 1924 1st 22 17 22 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Mickey Owen 33 R R 5' 10" 190 Apr 4, 1916 10 62 55 62 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.4
Andy Pafko 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1921 7 144 143 144 143 0 0 0 0 49 0 1 84 13 98 1 0 2.8 All-Star
Bob Ramazzotti 32 R R 5' 8" 175 Jan 16, 1917 3 65 46 65 52 0 0 0 4 36 12 0 0 0 0 9 4 -1.4
Herman Reich 31 R L 6' 2" 200 Nov 23, 1917 1st 108 98 108 100 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 9 0 -0.1
Bob Rush 23 R R 6' 4" 205 Dec 21, 1925 2 35 27 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Hank Sauer 32 R R 6' 3" 198 Mar 17, 1917 5 96 96 96 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 0 96 0 0 3.1
Bob Scheffing 35 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 11, 1913 6 55 37 55 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0.3
Hank Schenz 30 R R 5' 9" 175 Apr 11, 1919 4 7 4 7 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.2
Johnny Schmitz 28 R L 6' 0" 170 Nov 27, 1920 6 36 31 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Bill Serena 24 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 2, 1924 1st 12 11 12 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1
Lefty Sloat 30 R L 6' 0" 168 Dec 1, 1918 2 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Roy Smalley 23 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 9, 1926 2 135 132 135 132 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.8
Wayne Terwilliger 24 R R 5' 11" 165 Jun 27, 1925 1st 36 31 36 34 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.5
Emil Verban 33 R R 5' 11" 165 Aug 27, 1915 6 98 83 98 88 0 0 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 -0.1
Harry Walker 32 L R 6' 2" 175 Oct 22, 1916 8 42 38 42 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 21 39 3 1 -0.2
Rube Walker 23 L R 6' 0" 175 May 16, 1926 2 56 40 56 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 -0.5
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Smoky Burgess
Hal Jeffcoat
Bob Ramazzotti
Hank Schenz
Frankie Gustine
Wayne Terwilliger
Emil Verban
Smoky Burgess
Rube Walker
Rube Novotney
Mickey Owen
Bob Scheffing
Cliff Aberson
Bob Muncrief

Cal McLish
Hank Edwards
Mickey Owen
Jess Dobernic
Bob Rush
Warren Hacker
Hal Jeffcoat
Dutch Leonard
Lefty Sloat
Clarence Maddern
Herman Reich
Doyle Lade

Monk Dubiel
Bill Serena
Emil Kush
Bob Rush
Bob Chipman
Dutch Leonard
Gene Mauch
Mort Cooper

Ralph Hamner
Jim Kirby
Dewey Adkins
Roy Smalley
Hank Sauer
Harry Walker
Phil Cavarretta
Frank Baumholtz
Peanuts Lowrey
Andy Pafko

Johnny Schmitz

1948 / 1950 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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